Thursday, April 24, 2014

Study: Top Minority, Disadvantaged Students Fall Off During High School - US News

Study: Top Minority, Disadvantaged Students Fall Off During High School - US News: Despite entering high school at the tops of their classes, many high-performing minority and disadvantaged students finish with lower grades, lower AP exam passage rates and lower SAT and ACT scores than their high-achieving white and more advantaged peers, according to a report released Wednesday by The Education Trust.

The gaps based on race and socioeconomic status suggest "differential learning experiences" while the students are in high school, the report says. Overall, high-achieving students of color and those from low socioeconomic backgrounds were twice as likely as their white and more advantaged counterparts to not take college admissions tests, for example. And when they did take the SAT, high-achieving black students and those from low socioeconomic backgrounds scored nearly 100 points lower, the report says.